Is there a general "profile" of prison inmates?

Mass Incarceration Trends

Ashley Nellis, Ph.D., 2023

Trends in U.S. Corrections

The Sentencing Project, 2021

Document ID: 027689

Correctional Populations in the United States

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2017

The Criminal History of Federal Offenders 

United States Sentencing Commission, 2018 

Ear Hustle...

...brings you the stories of life inside prison,shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and Nigel Poor, a Bay Area artist. (2017)

Prison Inmate Characteristics

Bureau of Justice Statistics, ongoing

Medical Problems of State and Federal Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011-12

Berzofsky, Marcus, Laura M. Maruschak, and Jennifer Unangst, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2015

Document ID: 029736

Breaking Down Mass Incarceration in the 2010 Census: State-by-State Incarceration Rates by Race/Ethnicity

Sakala, Leah, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), 2014

Quick Facts: Women in the Federal Offender Population

United States Sentencing Commission (USSC), 2013

The Changing Racial Dynamics of Women's Incarceration

Mauer, Marc, The Sentencing Project, 2013

Document ID: 027085